Warner Bros. and Legendary unveiled the full trailer for Dune: Part Three on July 8, 2026, setting a December 18 opening date. Denis Villeneuve directs. Brian K. Vaughan co-wrote the script. The film adapts Frank Herbert's 1969 novel Dune Messiah.
The trailer premiered at an IMAX theater event in Los Angeles, with a global simulcast spanning Chicago, Dallas, Toronto, Montreal, London, Berlin, Mexico City, and Abu Dhabi. A Q&A moderated by Brittany Broski followed. Timothée Chalamet appeared as a surprise guest, praising co-star Anya Taylor-Joy: "she is breathtaking and unbelievable in this movie... She is actually terrifying and amazing," he said, according to Awards Radar.
Paul Atreides is now emperor. The trailer places his reign under siege: political conspiracies, threats to Chani, an unborn heir. Jason Momoa enters the franchise as Hayt, a ghola, a clone of Duncan Idaho. Robert Pattinson plays Scytale, the principal antagonist. Returning cast includes Zendaya, Florence Pugh, Rebecca Ferguson, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlotte Rampling, Josh Brolin, Javier Bardem, and Isaach de Bankolé. Newcomers Nakoa-Wolf Momoa and Ida Brooke also appear.
Greig Fraser does not return. Linus Sandgren replaces him as cinematographer, shooting the film on 35mm: Villeneuve's first on that format since Incendies in 2010. Select sequences were captured on IMAX 70mm. Villeneuve assembled a Psychedelic Unit, led by Kristof Brandl and Salomé Villeneuve, to produce experimental imagery throughout. A prologue from Dune: Part Three will screen before Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey when it opens July 17.
Hans Zimmer returns as composer. Joe Walker returns as editor. Warner Bros. secured IMAX exclusivity for opening weekend, according to Awards Radar. Dune: Part Three opens December 18, 2026, against Marvel's Avengers: Doomsday.
